Philip Levy Collection on National Labor Policy, 1922 - 1970.

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Philip Levy Collection on National Labor Policy, 1922 - 1970.

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The collection includes official documents (hearings, reports, legal briefs, orders, and rulings), pamphlets, articles, clippings, and notations, and documents national labor policy in the United States from 1922-1970. Materials cover the United States Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), National Industrial Relations Act of 1934, the Taft-Hartley Act, and Labor Cases in lower federal courts and the Supreme Court. There is little correspondence or other manuscript material in the collection.

18 linear feet.41 archival boxes.

Wesleyan University, Olin Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7704355

Wesleyan University, Olin Library

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United States. Department of Labor

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The Department of Labor is headed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well being of the wage earners, job seekers,...

United States. National Labor Relations Board

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After the first National Labor Relations Board was functionally abolished by the Supreme Court decision invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act, May 27, 1935, a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established as an independent agency by the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) (49 Stat. 195), dated July 5, 1935. The Supreme Court in 1937 declared the Board constitutional and sustained Congress’s power to regulate employers whose operations affected interstate commerce...

Levy, Philip, -1970

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Philip Levy was a government official in several capacities, serving on the legal staff of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and as counsel to Senator Robert F. Wagner, and practiced private law in Washington, D.C., during a career that spanned 1934-1970. He was directly involved with the development of national labor policy in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s, and maintained a continued interest in labor policy throughout his long career. From the description of Phil...